Greek Island Guides: Matchups, Map, Costs and Ferries
Guides to choosing a Greek island: three matchups, the map, the island count, honeymoons, families, beaches, costs, island hopping and the quieter islands.
Which Greek Island Is Best for a Honeymoon?
All five guides we checked name Santorini for couples, and GNTO adds Milos and Amorgos. What that choice costs in crowds, fees and timing, and where the quieter honeymoons are.
Read guide →Which Greek Islands Have the Best Beaches?
Milos for the number of beaches, Crete for Balos and Elafonisi, Paros and Naxos for long sand, and what is closed this year: Navagio, Red Beach and the foot of the cliff at Myrtos.
Read guide →Which Greek Islands Are Best for Families?
Crete is the island two guides pick for families, and Lonely Planet adds Naxos and Syros. Then the practical part: transfers, wind, heat and the age limits tour by tour.
Read guide →Which Greek Island Is the Cheapest to Visit?
Lonely Planet calls Crete affordable, and day tours cost least on Zakynthos, Rhodes, Corfu and Crete. What moves the bill more: the season, the room levy, ferries and flights.
Read guide →Crete or Santorini?
Crete vs Santorini: Crete for a long, varied stay, Santorini for the caldera and couples, or both by fast ferry. Size, live closures and the crossing.
Read guide →How to Hop Between the Greek Islands
Ferries join the islands inside each group; Crete and Rhodes are 9 h 30 and 15 h 40 from Piraeus, so fly for a short trip. Ports, crossing times, the meltemi and pairs that work.
Read guide →Map of the Greek Islands
Greek islands map: the eight island groups, where Santorini, Crete, Mykonos, Corfu and the rest sit, which have airports, and which ferries link them.
Read guide →How Many Greek Islands Are There?
GNTO says 6,000 islands and islets, 227 of them inhabited; a count from the 2011 census finds 114 inhabited. Why the numbers differ, the eight groups, and 37 islands to start with.
Read guide →Which Greek Islands Are the Least Touristy?
Nobody ranks the islands by crowds. The guides' quiet picks, from Kythnos to the Small Cyclades, how to reach each without an airport, and the trade: fewer boats, seasonal closures, scarce water.
Read guide →Naxos or Paros?
Naxos vs Paros: Naxos is the largest Cyclades island, Paros the nearer to Athens with the busier airport. Who each suits, ferry times and the 25-minute hop.
Read guide →Santorini or Mykonos: Who Each Island Suits
Santorini vs Mykonos: every guide we checked picks Santorini for couples and Mykonos for nightlife. The 2025 numbers, cruise fees and caps, and the ferry.
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